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Articles 9721 through 9820 of 19042:
- India Throws Open Rebuilt Kashmir "Peace Bridge" (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Feb 21, 2006)
A reconstructed bridge which links the Indian and Pakistani parts of Kashmir across a Himalayan stream was thrown open on Monday.
- Challenges Before Khaleda Zia (Daily Excelsior, V M Gokuldas, Feb 21, 2006)
Begum Khaleda Zia, Bengladesh Prime Minister and the current chairperson of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), chose to pay her first visit in her view capacity to Pakistan.
- Pak, Lanka, Nepal, Some Gulf Nations Ban Indian Poultry Import (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal and some Gulf countries today banned the import of poultry and its products from India in the wake of outbreak of the deadly bird flu in Maharashtra.
- Hurriyat Rejects Pm's Talk Offer (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Kashmir's main separatist alliance on Monday rejected an invitation by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to attend a conference to boost a peace process in the restive Himalayan region.
- Fresh Crisis In Assam (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Feb 21, 2006)
The army's task in the North-east is not an easy one. It has to fight the armed insurgents and, at the same time, ensure that innocent civilians are not harassed.
- Resistance Groups Reject Kashmir Conference (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Practically everyone from Kashmir’s frontline resistance groups has backed out from a round table conference called by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here this week to hear out as many views as he could on the dispute, their representatives said on
- Indian Islamic Court Issues Death Sentence For Cartoonists (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
An Islamic court in India has issued a fatwa, or religious decree, condemning to death the 12 artists who drew the controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
- Mirage Of More Scorpene Like Deals (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Feb 21, 2006)
France is like India in one respect: looking for new friends, trade and business promotion and strengthening strategic relations.
- Iran Leader Urges Muslims To Fund Palestinians (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Monday on Muslims worldwide to provide money to the Palestinians during his talks with the Islamic radical Hamas movement, state television reported.
- Freedom From Bigotry (Times of India, IRFAN AHMAD, Feb 21, 2006)
The debate over publication of cartoons on the Prophet in a Danish newspaper has been reduced to a clash between freedom of the West and alleged intolerance of Islam.
- Hurriyat Rejects Indian Talks Offer (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Kashmir’s main separatist alliance on Monday rejected an invitation by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to attend a conference to boost a peace process in the restive Himalayan region.
- 'Iran Reserves Right To Nuclear R&d’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
* Iranian FM says there is still time for nuclear compromise
* Warns UNSC must not be turned into a political pressure tool
- Poultry Imports From India, Iran, France Banned (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Pakistan has banned all imports of poultry and live birds from India, Iran and France after the countries reported cases of H5N1 bird flu, officials said on Monday.
- Safta Needs A Patron (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 21, 2006)
I Need to revisit the subject of Safta. My last article on the subject appeared on January 24, less than a month ago.
- The Round Table (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Feb 21, 2006)
The Government should not permit any person or group to exercise a veto on Jammu and Kashmir.
- Cartoon Row: Sonia Says She Shares The Sense Of Outrage (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Terming the publication of cartoons about Prophet Muhammad as "insensitive", Congress President Sonia Gandhi has said she shared the sense of outrage of the Muslim community.
- Afghan Protesters Threaten To Join Qaeda (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Hundreds of Afghans shouted support on Monday for Osama Bin Laden and threatened to join Al Qaeda during a protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), while Pakistani Islamists vowed to broaden their campaign.
- Street Violence Is Not The Answer (Dawn, Zia-ul-Islam, Feb 21, 2006)
It is ironic that in the middle of the cartoon crisis, Abu Hamza al Masri, a London-based Muslim leader, should be convicted by a British judge for delivering sermons that “created a real danger to the lives of innocent people in different . . .
- Bitter Harvests Of Zionism (Dawn, Paul Oestreicher, Feb 21, 2006)
The chief rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, is right. His reaction to the Anglican synod’s call for sanctions against Israel is understandable. Hatred of Judaism — now commonly called anti-Semitism — is a virus that has infected Christendom for two millennia.
- Peace Can Gain (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 20, 2006)
Has anything concrete emerged from Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik's meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi?
- Kashmir Separatists May Not Attend Pm's Roundtable (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
None of the 20-odd Kashmiri separatist leaders, who had been formally or informally invited by the Centre, is likely to attend Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's roundtable conference on Jammu and Kashmir on February 25 next. Indications are . . .
- Right Answer! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 20, 2006)
Not very long ago Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had sought the United States' support to resolve the Kashmir "dispute".
- Reservations In Private Educational Institutions (Daily Excelsior, E.C. Thomas, Feb 20, 2006)
The Constitution has been amended to include reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes citizens (OBCs) in private unaided educational institutions. The bill to amend Article 15 of the Constitution . . .
- Bush Figures In Lucknow Muslim Rally Against Prophet Cartoons (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Thousands of Muslims gathered here today to protest against the Danish cartoons of Prophet Mohammad. While that was the focal point of the ehtejaaj ka muzahira (public display of anger), the crowds also rallied against US President George W Bush’s . . .
- In Assam, Bjp Chief Says Illegals Will Be Chased Out (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Feb 20, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh today described infiltration from Bangladesh as a major threat to the security demography of the country and said his party would go to any extent to expel the infiltrators.
- City Suffers Closures And Indian Border Re-Opens (News International, Tahir Hasan Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
Protest demonstrations by the religious parties and groups against the publication of sacrilegious caricatures in various European newspapers gained further momentum last week, paralysing the life in Karachi, Sindhís capital, and other major cities . . .
- Islam From German Perspective (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Feb 20, 2006)
Sometimes one feels a little sorry for those European diplomats serving in Islamic countries when they suddenly discover that their country has been placed on the black list of Muslim countries because some sensation-seeking newspaper . . .
- A Touch Of Anarchy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
A Week ago, I expressed in this space the apprehension that injection of violence in the protests against the blasphemous cartoons that raised their ugly head in Denmark and spread rapidly like a contagion to several other European countries . . .
- Stop Communalising (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Feb 20, 2006)
As Julius Caesar was walking towards the Capitol in Rome on the fateful day of his assassination, one of the well-wishers is said to have insistently pressed him to read a petition which, he said, touched the Emperor the most. Caesar scornfully . . .
- Real Issue Behind Cartoon Sacrilege (Deccan Herald, Augusto Zamora, Feb 20, 2006)
The cartoons seem to have been the last straw after decades of wrongs
- Space Mission, Green Revolution On Bush Agenda (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 20, 2006)
A keynote speech by US President George W Bush at a function hosted by the Asia Society in Washington coming Wednesday is expected to underline some of the themes and issues he will be dealing with during his visit to India and Pakistan.
- Changing The Face Of Global Security (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Feb 20, 2006)
The underlying theme, promoted by the U.S. and Germany, of the 42nd Munich Conference of Security Policy was that NATO must have the pivotal role in the 21st century's world order.
- Muslims And The Indian Army (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 20, 2006)
After 60 years of Independence, we should be sufficiently confident of our collective secular beliefs and practices to examine facts.
- Iran: Bsp Flays Centre’S Stand (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati on Sunday berated the Central Government on its stand on the Iran issue.
- Ipi — Firmly In Place? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
To the relief of all concerned, the meeting of the oil ministers of India and Pakistan in New Delhi has confirmed that the IPI gas project is very much on. Considering the many factors that could have thrown this tripartite venture into jeopardy,
- Time For A Moratorium (Dawn, Aitzaz Ahsan, Feb 20, 2006)
The sense of outrage over the cartoons (which none had seen) was over-powering and all-pervasive as I entered the National Assembly Hall on February 13.
- 15 Killed In Nigerian Cartoon Protests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Armed mob rampages though streets, burns down 15 churches
Police and soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of this northern Nigerian town on Sunday, one day after thousands of Nigerian Muslims, protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed, . . .
- Talk About Globalisation (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 20, 2006)
The world is in a turmoil all because of cartoons in a newspaper most have not heard of published in a country with fewer people than live in Chennai.
- India’S Junior Fm Begins 3-Day Visit To Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
India’s junior foreign minister E Ahamed left for Iran on Sunday on a three-day visit for talks on bilateral ties and Tehran’s nuclear programme, officials said.
- Does Safta Have A Future? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 20, 2006)
The signs are not at all propitious for the South Asia Free Trade Area agreement to deliver the goods. The key to successful implementation of SAFTA lies in the hands of Islamabad and, going by the hints dropped by the Musharraf regime, . . .
- Norway’S Laudable Gesture (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
A delegation of representatives of Norwegian Church and Muslim community in Norway is currently on a visit to Pakistan to console the Muslims in their anguish over the publication of blasphemous sketches in some European countries.
- Code Of Ethics For Protestors (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
Violence in Pakistan over the publication of blasphemous cartoons has led to the several deaths, besides widespread damage to property as well as premises and businesses of multinational companies in the past few days.
- Over 50 Injured As Mma Defies Ban On Ralies In Islamabad (Daily Times, Shahzad Malik, Feb 20, 2006)
* 300 arrested in twin cities
* JI claims 3,463 activists arrested
* Police fire teargas at MMA leaders
* Danish ambassador leaves
- Brutus, Et Tu! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that he has handed over to Islamabad information about Taliban leaders and activists who, he claimed, are orchestrating a stubborn insurgency from Pakistan’s soil. At a Press conference in Kabul on return from . . .
- Apology Fails To Douse Cartoon Anger (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
A Saudi-owned pan-Arab newspaper printed today a full-page apology from Jyllands-Posten, the Danish daily that first published cartoons of Prophet Mohammad unleashing a wave of fury by muslims worldwide.
- Joker In The Pack (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 20, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Home) Alok Sinha deserves a Razzie for determining that no offence can be made out against state minister Yaqoob Qureshi, who has placed a Rs 51 crore prize for the head of the Danish cartoonist . . .
- Cartoon Row: Group Calls For End To Protests (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
An estimated 2,500 people gathered outside Ontario's capital building to protest the published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, but one Muslim group is calling for an end to the demonstrations.
- Olive Green Carries The United Colours Of India (Indian Express, N.N. Vohra, Feb 20, 2006)
Let the destinies of the men and women of the armed forces, of whatever creed, remain the responsibility of the chiefs of staff, says N.N. VOHRA
- Sixty Dollars A Barrel? Great (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 20, 2006)
It is the fate of over-burdened TV-watchers of the 21st century that we are deluged with low grade analysis by ill-informed experts on the small screen.
- Danish Envoy Leaves Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up a banned protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in Islamabad today and Denmark said its ambassador to Pakistan had returned home for security reasons.
- In The Middle East, The Third Way Is Still A Myth: Look At Hamas (Indian Express, SHIBLEY TELHANI, Feb 20, 2006)
The reality shown by Hamas’ victory in the Palestinian elections is this: if fully free elections were held today in the rest of the Arab world, Islamist parties would win in most states.
- Heading For Trouble? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 20, 2006)
If a minister who incites murder gets away with it, things could get quickly worse
- To Be Free Is Not A Luxury (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Feb 19, 2006)
Allow me, please, one moment in this beleaguered time to savour a narrow but vital victory for freedom of speech.
- The Utopian Third Front (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Feb 19, 2006)
Will the rainbow coalition called the third front take a shape once again? If the past experience is any guide the CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat's plan of cobbling the third front is a pipe dream.
- People’S Conference Turns Down Pm’S Offer Of Kashmir Roundtable (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The People’s Conference (PC), a Hurriyat Conference constituent, today rejected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s offer of a roundtable on Kashmir, convened for February 25.
- No Peace With Israel, Says Hamas After Swearing-In (Indian Express, WAFA AMR, Feb 19, 2006)
Islamist group Hamas took over as the dominant party in the Palestinian parliament on Saturday and rejected President Mahmoud Abbas’s call to pursue peacemaking efforts with Israel.
- Palestinian Vote Has Given West First Opportunity To Legitimise Hamas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 19, 2006)
The electoral verdict of the Palestinian people has given the West its first and probably only opportunity to legitimise Hamas and simultaneously inhibit it with political respectability.
- Muslims Burn Effigies Of Danish Cartoonist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
A large number of Muslims staged demonstrations here in Doon city and Vikasnagar near here burning effigies of the Danish cartoonist who had drawn cartoons of Prophet Mohammad.
- Vhp Not To Support Any Single Party (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Feb 19, 2006)
No plans to launch a party, says Singhal
- Karzai Gave Taliban Dossiers To Pakistan (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 19, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan handed over extensive intelligence dossiers to President Pervez Musharraf, containing details of how suicide bombers who attack targets in Afghanistan are being recruited, trained and equipped in Pakistan.
- Nuclear Energy Tops Musharraf Agenda (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 19, 2006)
Five-day China visit from Sunday
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf arrives in Beijing on Sunday for a five-day visit to China, with nuclear energy on top of his agenda.
- Prophet T-Shirt Triggers Trouble (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Italian minister Mr Roberto Calderoli resigned today, bowing to pressure from government colleagues after Libya blamed his anti-Islamic insults for igniting violent protests in which at least 10 people were killed.
- Hamas Dominated Parliament Sworn In (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 19, 2006)
Islamic group rejects Abbas' call, reiterates commitment to resistance
- It Is Not A Measured Step! (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Pakstan has recalled its Ambassador from Copenhagen and the Danish Embassy in Islamabad has suspended its functioning, as protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons continue unabated across the country.
- Indian Sikhs Plan Protest During Chirac’S Visit (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Hundreds of Sikh schoolchildren will march in New Delhi during next week’s visit of President Jacques Chirac in protest against a ban on wearing turbans in French state schools, community leaders said on Saturday.
- Iran Believes Russian N-Proposal ‘Useful’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Iranian legislator hopes Russia will not act like America
- Cartoon Minister Ruffles Clergy (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Feb 19, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh minister Haji Yaqoob Qureshi’s offer of a Rs 51-crore bounty on the head of the Danish cartoonist who made a caricature of the Prophet has upset the Muslim clergy.
- Karachi Emerges As City Of Peace (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Contrary to Lahore and Peshawar, where violence and arson overtook the anti-blasphemous cartoon demonstrations, Karachi has certainly set an enviable example of staging a massive but peaceful and orderly protest despite the charged atmosphere.
- Is Love Really In The Air? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Feb 19, 2006)
In middle-class families, the young still don't have much of a choice when it comes to choosing their life partners.
- ‘Vhp To Create Hindu Vote Bank’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) would create a 15-crore “Hindu vote bank” in the country which would play a key role in the coming elections, its international president Ashok Singhal said here on Saturday.
- Indian Minister Announces Rs 510m For Cartoonist’S Death (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Haji Yaqoob Qureshi, Indian minister from UP, has announced a bounty worth 510 million rupees on the head of the Danish cartoonist responsible for offensive caricatures and warned the United States of America of suicide plane attacks akin to 9/11.
- Hurriyat Constituents Don't Favour (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Feb 19, 2006)
Two constituents of the Executive Council of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's Hurriyat Conference have decided against participating in Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's all-parties roundtable conference on Jammu and Kashmir.
- Fuelling ‘Minority Complex’ Among Indian Muslims (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Feb 19, 2006)
My good friend M J Akbar raises a question in his introduction to late Dr Rafiq Zakaria’s seminal book Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong?
- Falling In Line (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Feb 19, 2006)
The BJP’s foreign policy has traditionally tilted towards America and the viewpoint of the Islamic world gets short shrift.
- The Communist Connection (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Feb 18, 2006)
The newspapers bristled with headlines like “Left”tells PM and Sonia its patience is wearing thin; slipping on secularism? “Left” tells the UPA it will have to do better against the BJP or as the Hindi daily Hindustan put it, . . .
- Afghanistan’S Involvement Denied In Balochistan: Karzai Condoles Wali’S Death (Dawn, Gulzar Ahmed Khan, Feb 18, 2006)
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has denied allegations that his country was involved in the tribal insurgency in Balochistan and vowed that Kabul would not allow its soil to be used for terrorism.
- ‘I’D Have Been A Communist’ (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 18, 2006)
“I WOULD have been in the Communist Party if there had been no partition,” says Atal Behari Vajpayee, former prime minister, who led the BJP coalition for six years at the centre.
- Eu On Cartoons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
The European assembly’s resolution on media limits raises a question or two that deserve careful examination.
- The Rage And Fury Over Cartoons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
After weeks of violence and much fraught soul-searching, European Union governments are hoping that Muslim outrage over the publication of the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) will soon die down. Muslims have now vented their fury over the insult,
- Moving Ahead With Safta (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Paksitana's Recent Ratification of the South Asian Free Trade Area agreement constitutes a big leap forward for the SAARC exercise.
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